Program
PRESENTATIONS: Presenters who have consented to having their presentation uploaded will have their slides linked in the below table. This page is updated as we receive each presentation so check back regularly for new presentations.
Saturday 11 March
| TIME | SESSION | PRESENTER |
| 8.30am | REGISTRATION - welcome tea and coffee | |
| 9.00am | Conference opening | |
| Welcome to Country | Walter McGuire | |
| Rural Health West welcome | Tim Shackleton Chief Executive Officer Rural Health West | |
| WA Country Health Service welcome | Rob Pulsford Acting Chief Operating Officer WA Country Health Service | |
| 9.30am | Keynote address Lighting the fire of empathy, one conversation at a time | Craig Hollywood Short Back and Sidewalks |
| 10.30am | MORNING TEA | |
| 11.00am - 11.45am | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 11.00am | Providing palliative care to your own community | Kirsten Auret The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia |
| 11.00am | Practice Assist - supporting general practice Presentation linked | Sharon Good, Joanne Duncan and Kate Mason WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) |
| 11.00am | Understanding WA's new Advance Care Planning resources Presentation linked | Alison Parr East Metropolitan Health Service |
| 11.00am | Helping your patients with eating disorders Presentation linked | Dr Emma Dove and Dr Jessica
Moncieff-Boyd The Swan Centre |
| 11.00am | Improving Choice in Cervical Screening: The Expansion of Self-collection Presentation linked | Alanna Barwood WA Cervical Cancer Prevention Program |
| 11.00 | WA Country Health Service telehealth - an update and case study | Karen Pitman WA Country Health Service |
| 11.45am - 12.30pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 11.45am | Frailty Presentation linked | Leon Flicker Western Australian Centre for Health & Ageing The University of Western Australia |
| 11.45am | SHAPE – supporting holistic and person-centred weight education | Rhiannon Dick Western Australia Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) |
| 11.45am | Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in pregnancy Presentation linked | Cheryl Liddiard A Country Health Service |
| 11.45am | Management of the growing athlete | Dr Annie Chappell Western Kids Health |
| 11.45am | Join the charge - how health professionals can improve cancer outcomes in regional WA Presentation linked | Hussam Al-Hakimi and Claudine Barnes Cancer Council |
| 11.45am | The Management of Rotator Cuff Tears in the over 40’s.. Who benefits from what? | Jonathan Spencer Hollywood Orthopaedic Group |
| 12.30pm | LUNCH | |
| 1.30pm - 2.15pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 1.30pm | Clinical leadership Presentation linked | Karen Bradley Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) |
| 1.30pm | Update on College Led GP Training Presentation linked | Kyra Moss ACRRM Colleen Bradford RACGP |
| 1.30pm | Improving STI and BBV identification in rural Western Australia | Maddi Whittle Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) |
| 1.30pm | SummaRise: Intelligent Falls Management System Presentation linked | Daniel Hug Physiotherapist Founder & Director, SummaRise |
| 1.30pm | Mentoring the junior health professional | Nicole Liesis Coach for Medical Professionals |
| 1.30pm | Current concepts of pelvic congestion syndrome and chronic leg swelling | Robert MA Ramsay Health Care |
| 2.15pm - 3.00pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 2.15pm | Does more evidence = better outcomes in NDIS plans? Presentation linked | Megan Moyle Achievable |
| 2.15pm | Preventing Burnout Presentation linked | Dr Sarah Newman Doctors' Health Advisory Service WA |
| 2.15pm | Concussion management in general practice | Gill Cowen Curtin University |
| 2.15pm | Passion with a Purpose: Drug Harm Reduction Through Peer Education | Diane Lloyd Peer Based Harm Reduction Western Australia |
| 2.15pm | Rural Psychiatry Training Program in WA: A beginners guide to starting a rural specialist training program Presentation linked | Carol Chandler and David Townsend Rural Psychiatry Training WA |
| 2.15pm | Meditation for non meditators | Janette Lawson Shine Mind Body |
| 3.00pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |
| 3.30pm - 4.15pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 3.30pm | Managing Complex and Chronic Injuries and Pain Disorders Presentation linked | Dr Tim Mitchell Pain Options |
| 3.30pm | Diabetes Management for Women with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes Presentation linked | Marina Mickleson King Edward Memorial Hospital |
| 3.30pm | Professional identity formation | Kelly Valentin Curtin University |
| 3.30pm | Peer Based Pathways Towards Meaningful Care | Peta Gava Peer Based Harm Reduction Western Australia |
| 3.30pm | GP management of cardiac emergencies | Thato Mabote WA Heart Clinic |
| 3.30pm | E-cigs and Vaping – health impacts | Laura Hunter Australian Council on Smoking and Health |
| 4.15 - 5.00pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | |
| 4.15pm | LGBTIQ+ Rural Health Priorities | Michael Atkinson Living Proud |
| 4.15pm | Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) in WA | Dr Gareth Wahl End of Life Care Clinical Lead, Department of Health |
| 4.15pm | "Adapting the Safer Baby Bundle for Out Bush" - Current Challenges and Potential Solutions | Jared Watts WA Country Health Service |
| 4.15pm | Coronary Disease - which tests and when? | Dr Richard Alcock Stellar Cardiology |
| 5.00pm | CLOSE OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE |
Sunday 12 March
| TIME | SESSION | PRESENTER |
| 8.30am | REGISTRATION - welcome tea and coffee | |
| 9.00 - 10.30am | CONCURRENT SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS | |
| 9.00am | Overview of Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC) Services | Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC) Team |
| 9.00am | Living Proud LGBTIQ+ inclusion workshop Presentation linked | Sarah Collins Living Proud |
| 9.00am | Improve Communication with difficult issues | Dr Moira Sim and Dr Sonia Singh Teaching on the Run facilitators |
| 9.00am | Hand and wrist injuries – suturing and plastering workshop this session will be open to all delegates | 1300HANDOC |
| 9.00am | Hand and wrist injuries – suturing and plastering workshop this session will be open to junior docs/students only | 1300HANDOC |
| 9.00am | Sports Rehab/Taping (Knee & Shoulder) | Chris Perkin West Coast Health & High Performance |
| 10.30am | MORNING TEA AND TRADE EXHIBITION | |
| 11.00 - 12.15pm | CONCURRENT SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS | |
| 11.00am | Hand and wrist injuries – suturing and plastering workshop this session will be open to all delegates | 1300HANDOC |
| 11.00am | Hand and wrist injuries – suturing and plastering workshop this session will be open to junior docs/students only | 1300HANDOC |
| 11.00am | Wound Management Workshop | CNC Plastic Surgery
Telehealth |
| 11.00am | Mirena and Kyleena insertion and removal | Bayer Australia ltd |
| 11.00am | Emergency medicine - reading ECGs Presentation linked | Nick Martin |
| 12.15 - 1.15pm | Keynote address: Heartache and Birdsong | Sam Bloom |
| 1.30pm | CLOSE OF CONFERENCE |